Ill. Sup. Ct. R. 794
Except as provided by Rules 791 or 793, every Illinois attorney subject to these Rules shall be required to complete 30 hours of CLE activity during the attorney's two-year reporting period (as determined on the basis of the lawyer's last name pursuant to paragraph (b), below) ending on June 30.
The applicable two-year reporting period shall begin on July 1 of even-numbered years for lawyers whose last names begin with the letters A through M, and on July 1 of odd-numbered years for lawyers whose last names begin with the letters N through Z.
All CLE hours may be earned in one year or split in any manner between the two-year reporting period.
An attorney who earns more than the required 30 CLE hours for a two-year reporting period may carry over to the next reporting period a maximum of 10 hours. Those carryover hours may include up to six hours approved for professional responsibility credit. Professional responsibility credit carried over to the next reporting period may be used to meet the professional responsibility requirement of the next reporting period.
A newly-admitted attorney may carry over to his or her first two-year reporting period a maximum of 15 CLE hours earned in excess of those required by Rule 793(c) or Rule 793(f)(2) if those excess hours were earned after the attorney's admission to the Illinois bar and before the start of the attorney's first two-year reporting period. Those carryover hours may include up to six hours approved for professional responsibility credit. Professional responsibility credit carried over to the next reporting period may be used to meet the professional responsibility requirement of the next reporting period. Attorneys removed from the master roll pursuant to Rule 796(e) for failure to comply with their newly-admitted attorney requirement and who are reinstated to the master roll pursuant to Rule 796(h) before the start of their first two-year reporting period may carry over a maximum of 15 CLE hours, including up to six hours approved for professional responsibility credit, earned after reinstatement but before the start of their first two-year reporting period.
Ill. Sup. Ct. R. 794